Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 5 Entering the Sacred Land of Yao Guang
"The Yao Guang Holy Land is one of the most powerful holy lands in the Eastern Wilderness. Throughout history, countless influential figures have emerged from this land, but they have all disappeared. Yao Guang, however, remains steadfast, watching the world's events unfold."

Deacon Yang casually recounted the power of the Yao Guang Holy Land before starting to talk about things that Li Yao was interested in.

There are far too many examples like Li Yao, who went from subordinate forces to holy lands for cultivation, and the procedures have long been established.

For example, after Li Yao enters the Yao Guang Holy Land, powerful figures will use magical artifacts to observe whether he is a spy from another family. After passing this step, a Supreme Elder-level figure will further investigate his cultivation aptitude and then assign him a level. The kind of resource support he can enjoy in the future depends on the level assigned. The higher the aptitude, the greater the resource support he will receive.

Within the Holy Land, disciples are also divided into ranks, not in the conventional sense of outer and inner sects, but rather in a simple and crude division into ordinary disciples and elite disciples.

The Yao Guang Scripture, a sacred text passed down in the Yao Guang Holy Land, can only be learned by elite disciples. Among hundreds of thousands of disciples, fewer than 10,000 are able to learn the Yao Guang Scripture.

Of course, there is one last step to learning the Yao Guang Jing: setting up a restriction in one's sea of ​​consciousness to ensure that the disciple will not transmit the scripture or have their soul searched by powerful individuals.

This final step applies to everyone, even those at the level of holy sons and holy daughters, as each family places immense importance on its own heritage.

After Deacon Yang finished speaking, Li Yao had a basic understanding of the situation. It must be said that major powers have many rules, but because of this, the inheritances of each family have hardly been revealed to the outside world for hundreds of thousands of years.

Before Ye Fan, no outsider had ever been known to have mastered the Ji family's Great Void Technique, which explains why Ye Fan was hunted down so much in the early stages.

"With your talent, barring any unforeseen circumstances, you will likely be designated as an elite disciple to study the Yao Guang Scripture. Just this one step puts you ahead of far too many people," Deacon Yang said enviously.

He is now nearly a hundred years old, and his cultivation level is only at the fourth level of the secret realm. Naturally, he is not an elite disciple. He is eager to learn the supreme techniques of his own holy land, but unfortunately, he is not qualified.

Li Yao shook his head and said modestly, "There are many disciples in the Yao Guang Holy Land. I may have good aptitude, but in the entire Holy Land, there are probably many people with better aptitude than me."

"There's no need for such modesty. Your Daoist aura is astonishing. You were born with a natural talent for opening up the sea of ​​suffering, making you an excellent candidate for cultivation. I once took in a disciple in another grotto-heaven and roughly tested his aptitude, but he was not as good as you."

A flash of recollection crossed Deacon Yang's eyes, as if he were recalling the scene from back then, and he said this to Li Yao.

"Is that senior brother an elite disciple?" Li Yao asked curiously.

He was actually quite curious about his own talent for cultivation. Judging from Deacon Yang's performance, his talent might not be bad, but ultimately there was no reference point, so he didn't know how good his talent really was.

Deacon Yang narrowed his eyes slightly and lowered his voice, saying, "He was originally an elite disciple, but he is no longer one."

Li Yao was somewhat puzzled. If he wasn't an elite disciple, could he have already become an elder? But that seemed unlikely. Judging from Deacon Yang's age and cultivation level, that senior brother shouldn't be very old. It was impossible for someone so young to become an elder-level figure; he couldn't possibly be completely unknown in the original story.

"Not a disciple? What does that mean?" he asked, genuinely curious.

"He's related to you by blood, also surnamed Li, and is now a candidate for Holy Son," Deacon Yang said quietly.

Li Yao was slightly taken aback. He remembered who that person was. In the original work, he really remembered such a person. He was also considered a genius who had cultivated extraordinary phenomena at a young age.

His combat prowess was among the top of the younger generation in the Eastern Wilderness, but he was unlucky. After his birth, he was defeated by Xia Jiuyou and Pang Bo, and was eventually suppressed by Ye Fan.

Judging from the original work, he gives the impression of being just a minor character, but that's not actually the case. With Li Rui's talent, he faced almost no obstacles before breaking through the Dao in Immortal 3, and could smoothly cultivate to the level of a powerful Immortal 2 cultivator. He dared to contend for the title of Immortal, possessed an Emperor Weapon, and dared to sink the Central Plains.

Li Yao hadn't expected that his talent was even greater than Li Rui's. Although Deacon Yang's judgment lacked authority, he didn't think the difference would be that great.

With such talent, coupled with the comprehension boost from the Heavenly Book, Li Yao truly felt that his future was bright. The only uncertainty was whether he would suddenly die someday.

Everyone has this uncertainty, unless you are like Ye Fan, with a supreme emperor-level powerhouse standing behind you.

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After traveling tirelessly, they finally crossed a distance of 300,000 li and arrived at the Holy Land of Yao Guang a day later.

The sacred site of Yaoguang is shrouded in mist, with beautiful scenery, like a fairyland.

As the top power in the Eastern Wilderness, the Yao Guang Holy Land's territory is naturally magnificent. As far as the eye can see, there is no end to it; all that can be seen are the continuous palace complexes and majestic buildings.

In Li Yao's eyes, Hengyang Cave Heaven was already extremely magnificent, but compared to Yaoguang Holy Land, it was nothing at all; the difference was simply too obvious.

The group stopped here; given their status, they certainly couldn't just speed over there.

The strange beast landed, and the chariot followed with a rumble to the ground. Li Yao stepped off the chariot and looked up at the city wall, which stretched as far as the eye could see. It was majestic and vast, and in the middle of the city wall was an ancient plaque.

Inscribed on it are the two characters "Yao Guang," written with vigorous and powerful strokes, undoubtedly written by an unparalleled expert. Over the long years, the Daoist charm on the ancient characters has not diminished at all, still possessing a majestic aura.

Just standing here, Li Yao felt an overwhelming pressure. The city before him seemed to have transformed into a winding, coiling dragon, while he himself appeared incredibly small.

"Let's go, I'll take you inside. Once all the procedures are completed today, the Supreme Elder will impart cultivation scriptures to you tomorrow." Deacon Yang strode into the city.

Li Yao nodded, calming his emotions, and followed Deacon Yang step by step into the Yao Guang Holy Land.

As you enter the city gate, your view suddenly opens up. In the distance, the mountains stretch endlessly, and the waterfall, like a celestial river, falls from the sky and crashes into the great river with a thunderous roar.

Below the mountains, there is a continuous cluster of palaces.

"These are the residences of ordinary disciples. The Yao Guang Holy Land has a million disciples. Although not all disciples live in the Holy Land, the number is still enormous," Deacon Yang explained to Li Yao.

"Is this just where ordinary disciples live?" Li Yao was somewhat surprised. In his opinion, this palace complex was already very luxurious. Even the worst one was no worse than Hengyang Palace.

Unexpectedly, these were only the worst. The further in you went, the more luxurious the hall became. Under the sunlight, the hall even radiated a dazzling light.

And this is just the residence of ordinary disciples in the Yao Guang Holy Land. Li Yao can hardly imagine how extraordinary the residence of elite disciples must be.

(End of this chapter)